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A Sacred Heart University sorority girl died this weekend, three days after choking during a Greek life pancake-eating competition at the Fairfield, Connecticut school.
Caitlin Nelson, 20, of Clark, New Jersey, passed away Sunday at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
Witnesses at the Greek life dinner Thursday night said Nelson had eaten about four or five pancakes when she suddenly fell to the floor and started shaking uncontrollably.
Wow, how sad. I definitely feel horrible for her and hope her family is okay.
Witnesses at the Greek life dinner Thursday night said Nelson had eaten about four or five pancakes when she suddenly fell to the floor and started shaking uncontrollably.
Horrible. Did she have a seizure first that led to her choking? Choking terrifies me, so I'd never enter an eating contest.
That is a tragedy.
Who would have thought that pancakes could kill?
but then again any competitive eating contest is a danger to your health.
Whenever I find myself in a potentially dangerous situation I look around at the people near me and ask myself "if things go horribly wrong can I trust any of these bozos to help me?"
There are some pretty heartless comments on this thread. In the grand scheme of things a pancake eating contest is pretty tame and I think it's harsh to be so critical about someone who died while participating in one. I certainly put myself in much more dangerous situations when I was in high school and college and like most of us was lucky enough to get out unscathed.
This is very sad in my view. Be honest with yourselves, who would anticipate a pancake eating contest being that dangerous? I read that her father also died in the 9/11 attacks, this family has seen an unfair share of tragedy.
The father was a hero. The daughter died doing something stupid. I agree with whoever said that mean spirited comments are uncalled for. Yes, the girl died while engaging in a foolish activity. But I believe that many, if not most of us, engaged in plenty of dumb activities while we were college age, and we're lucky to be alive with all limbs and neurons intact.
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